Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index.
Contents:
Trauma and violence in contemporary fiction : theorising narrative deception and narrative complicity -- Collective trauma as narrative red herring : Ian McEwan's Saturday --The fiction and purpose of turning points : Ali Smith's The Accidental -- Violence and misleading narratives : Pat Barker's Border Crossing -- Storytelling and/or biology : Jon McGregor's So many ways to begin -- Materiality and narrative manipulation : Anne Enright's The Gathering.
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